The video game
Among Us
came out in 2018, became popular during the summer of 2020, and since then we can find references to crew members and imposters almost anywhere on the internet.
If you want to buy a game, you will find it in the top of the best sellers on
Steam,
if you want to watch an online game you will see that it is one of the games with the most emissions and, if you want to take a walk through social networks, you will surely end up running into some joke about the game.
My face after defending my best friend the whole game and in the end it turned out to be the impostor pic.twitter.com/GrIJ7UPDfU
- Among Us Out of Context (@OutAmon) September 14, 2020
The great reception of
Among Us
two years after its launch, as explained in this report by
Verne
about its late success, is due in large part to its popularity in networks.
Its fun mechanics and simplicity, in which one or two players play an impostor, who wins if he eliminates the rest of the crew - while they win if they discover the impostors or fix the ship in time - has made him one of the games more broadcasted by platforms like Twitch.
And they don't just play
gamers
: On the Ibai Llanos channel, for example, in recent weeks we have seen games with footballers like Courtois, presenters like Ángel Martín or singers like Omar Montes.
And, just a few days ago, US Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez was encouraged to play some games with her constituents.
The spread of
Among Us
beyond traditional gamers has allowed many more people to understand, create and spread jokes about the game and its references.
In recent months, humorous memes and videos have appeared with a multitude of themes and formats: from doing choreographies in the video game to upload them to TikTok to dozens of jokes about the most parodied figure, that of the impostor.
On Twitter, there are dozens of specialized accounts, such as
Among Us
Out of Context or AmongOficial, with 98,000 and 14,000 followers, respectively.
Since finding jokes about the game on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter at the same time is as difficult as finding the imposter the first time, we have prepared a selection that you can read between games.
Concealing, concealing, I ended up killing
Me after killing half the crew.
pic.twitter.com/DQbE83XuAW
- Among Us (@AmongOficial) September 4, 2020
The impostor in the Among Us celebrating that you have thrown the other impostor.
pic.twitter.com/UwIqez258z
- Chuck Pastrana 🎥🎮 (@ChuckPastrana) September 5, 2020
You and the other impostor when you cross a corridor in Among Us pic.twitter.com/WdnvNPO2pH
- Crisiö (@Crisio_) September 8, 2020
me in among us pretending to do my fake tasks when I am an imposter pic.twitter.com/1Rg6ogRp1I
- ً (@diosa_os) September 12, 2020
The Among Us killer every time someone finds a corpse: pic.twitter.com/KJv6XEztAl
- elkrispis⚡️ (@elchristian_ch) September 4, 2020
the games of among us be like: pic.twitter.com/TEhgjy8oNU
- Dentrollex (@DENTROLLEX) September 7, 2020
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If the crew jumped to other screens
Executing Order 66 in "Among Us."
pic.twitter.com/jBOmnc9ySN
- Multiverso (@MultiversoTM) October 14, 2020
I made an edit of among us friends style 🥺 @ auronplay @ DonReborn2 @Perxitaa @MomonKun_ @soyvioletag @_biyin_ @polispol @aXoZerr
Twitter lowers the quality, sorry: c pic.twitter.com/uE3TzWyNQd
- 👻🎃 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏_𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒂 🎃👻 (@Watashiwa_Karen) October 16, 2020
# LaIslaDeLasTentaciones2 looks good on AMONG US 2 pic.twitter.com/CIVgYj1Tpk
- DeXen 🇪🇸 🐍 (@DexenRM) September 23, 2020
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A post shared by Jonathan soup (@caldodelajuana) on Sep 9, 2020 at 12:21 PDT
Among Us
in the real world
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A post shared by the Society of Applied Philosophy (@sociedadefilosofiaplicada) on Oct 8, 2020 at 5:16 PDT
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A post shared by ShitpostingAnimalitos (@ animalitosanti.depresivos) on Sep 13, 2020 at 2:56 pm PDT
Wait a minute ... pic.twitter.com/1qOoSzCYwp
- M ⑨ (@ mkbk96) October 3, 2020
Being an impostor in the Among Us pic.twitter.com/uxhplLmkbQ
- Percy 🧜🏼♂️ (@Mario_Heads) September 9, 2020
pic.twitter.com/mYqMAbpPOh
- ordure bizarre (@ordurebizarree) October 5, 2020
pic.twitter.com/4oFpvTZYwR
- Among Us Out of Context (@OutAmon) September 21, 2020
Among Us:
the musical
@gamezalvaro
We got bored and this has come up 😂 ## amongus ## game ## parati ## foryou ## fyp
♬ Pegao / Me Miro y La Mire (TikTok Hit) - Omega @ hiririririririri
Among us ama bizim tarzımızla 😎 ## amongus ## amongusvideo ## game ## lionsleepstonight ## hiriri
♬ The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Vittorio Fraja @ javiyin0311
F for the Groom @thebananamen @juglitott ## fyp ## viral ## parati ## amongus ## amongusthegame ## amongusclip ## wedding ## impostor
♬ original sound - Javiyin
I'm CRYING with laughter in bed pic.twitter.com/S06JnxPkK4
- 🌈🐏 (@manupalmer) October 5, 2020
among us.
pic.twitter.com/VDsgWvbIAB
- Willard the Worm (@WillardWorm) September 22, 2020
Videogames turn violent people
Meanwhile in Among Us: pic.twitter.com/0DlTk3QMkd
- El Martincho (@DonMartinZG) September 5, 2020
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